Woolly Hugs does Running..... Running?? Yep, RUNNING!!

1) Put down your woolly wool,crochet hooks and needles. <we have done risk assessment>2) Find your trainers, these are sort of soft bouncy shoe-things that go on your feet.3) Find something loose and comfortable to wear, and no we don't mean a caftan.4) Open front door and go outside 5) Put one foot in front of the other with speed and determination!

YOU are RUNNING!!

If you haven't seen Phase 2 of our Little Hugs, the thread is HERE. We launched this phase as a tribute to beautiful Billie, our lovely MrsDeVere's daughter, who devastatingly died at 14 from leukaemia. We launched this at the time of her 21st birthday and we call the project Billie's Blankets in her memory. In her name, and through World Child Cancer, we will send little blankets to children, starting with Malawi and Bangladesh, who really need a Woolly Hug and to feel loved and looked after.

Alongside Billie's Blankets, we are very keen to send a donation to World Child Cancer, as money is scarce, they really have so little. One of the ways we will do this is by running! <faints> In May a Woolly Hugs' team will be running the BUPA London 10k, and we are now looking for runners to enter 5K runs throughout the country.

There are already runners committed to running (BIWI, TantrumsandBalloons,me) in London at Crystal Palace on October 13th, and lovely Fizzy and PrettyBird are running in the Glasgow event on July 27th. We would love folk to join with us, or run at a different venue! There is no minimum age and children can be entered, my daughter is running with me, I say with, she will shoot off like a gazelle and I will lumber along. Happily the website says they love fancy dress <*Knotty*, this is time to contemplate something spectacular>

Because World Child Cancer isn't a nominated charity we/they ask that you let them know independently. To take pressure off individuals, and to make this a real woolly community effort we recommend that you use our Woolly Hugs Just Giving page for fundraising. Anything you raise will be marvellous, really, and we will all be able to see how much we can raise together.

So please have a think, if you are interested, we would recommend entering soon to avoid disappointment. Let us know when you have entered so we can cheer you on, and please use this thread for support, and general running things <hazy> Couch to 5K apps and playlists for running spring to mind.

The children that WCC support need all the love and comfort possible. So please, in memory of a sparkling young girl who always thought of others, we'd love you to help us help them.

I didn't get out yesterday, was going to go this evening and let ds1 babysit bit merry is now puking everywhere...I ran on Mon and wed and am doing the parkrun with meg tomorrow tho

Can I say meg is a star and helped clear up and mop the floor at toddlers after merry puked everywhere, she seemed a bit tired but I thought that was because she had her MMR yesterday and then the puke came out of nowhere so it must be a bug. Hope we haven't give it to everyone at toddlers!

Am feeling good tonight, ran 5.5k in 30 minutes. Could have gone further I think but was starving. I actually feel OK, bet my legs hurt tomorrow though!

Hope M feels better 5mad. I'm sure I'll be going out for a looooong run on Sunday after a weekend with mum! (Shouldn't say that since they're here to help us with new kitchen! But you know what I mean!)

Back home, meg and i did it in 31mins! It was lovely, the sun was out and i saw various people i know. A friend from my postnatal group with ds1 and also saw ds3's teacher. Was suprised how busy it was, will def go again

She seems better this morning earnest not 100% but is eating and hasnt puked so far so must be a 24hr type thing? She still has a bit of a temp but is happy snuggled on the sofa and is drinking plenty, just keeping my fingers crossed the other madthings dont get it!

I did my first 30 minute run (Week 9/Run1) on Monday, and my shins are still sore from it. My exercises at the gym (with my trainer) also made me aware that my shins are just not right. I don't really know what to do, to be honest, or if I can carry on with this. I don't want to risk shin splints/stress fractures.

Anyone any advice? It seems such a shame to have got this far but then to have to give up.

Oh BIWI Maybe take it easy for a week or so and then build up gradually again? Go back a week or two? Maybe it's just too much too soon?

Out Parkrun was really busy this morning too, it must be the sun! We had a record 400+ runners!! I took a whole minute off my PB and finished in 26:30 so am very pleased with myself - especially as I went straight from there to a core class

I am.hastling and sharing, plus katie at world child cancer is sending me some paper forms and i can get all the school mums and toddler group mums etc to sponser me.

Did 7.9km in 52 mins this eve, got a stitch part way which hurt! I just kept running and eventually it went away, is it best to just keep running or should you walk for a bit? I did slow down for a bit but in the end just paced myself and it went away.

I will do a short 5k run this evening and then do another longer run later in the week. I was doing wk 9 run two last night but I just ran the whole time rather than the ten min intervals and a min walking as I didn't feel like walking. But will do the week ten ones with the intervals I think